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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 22, 1920)
THE BEE: CHtf AHA. '..THUKSU jaw liar i 22, iyzu. Real Estate Board Hears Own Your Home Address at C of C. John L. Kennedy, president of the United States National bank, de clared that "people really worth - while, are those who accumulate property," in an address before the members of the Omaha Real Estate board at the Chamber of Commerce. If.' 17 I ' L ' i MIT - n. rvruiicuy a buujch was inmic Ownership." The social and indus trial unrest which has swept the country it not found in a community where residents are home owners, "Tie said. "Children raised in lodging houses or small apartments haven't had the proper chance," he declared. "Our government rests not on the individ ual, but on the home. Therefore it is important that tamily life be Of the best. A home is the only proper foundation for family life." Montana Merchants Take 34 to 75 Per Cent Profits Helena, Mont., Jan. 21. Margins of profits ranging from .34 per cent on groceries to 75 per cent on table .linen are taken by retail merchants of Montana, it is declared in the annual report of the State Railroad commission," submitted to Governor Stewart. JUST THE THING FOR SORE THROAT Formamint affords protection from distressing ailment In a few daya, you know, "just a sore throat" may be something much more serious. Science has proved that the throat is not only the first spot reached by infectious germs, but also forms ideal soil to multi ply on. Throat protection, therefore, means germ destruction. Forma mint (which is endorsed by over 5,000" American Physicians) is the scientific way of disinfecting the mouth and the throat. Handy to have with you pleasing in taste it frees an efficient germicide that mixes with the saliva and so reaches where gargles cannot go affords protection against distressing ail ments that so often follow infection of the throat linings. 60c. all drftg- I OERM-KILLINO M THROAT TABLET WRITE TODAY FOR FREE SAMPLE Tt la of rmisroua size snd will prove In you that FORMAMINT It vnadtrfiilly effi'tlto 19 wdl as pleaunt In moutk and throat trouble. Send 3 oent tamii to pay postage and wo will gladly aend you tbia free trial tube. Th Bauar Chamleal Co. ' Mil W. 18th St., New York. Lincoln Bureau of The Omaha P. A. Barrows, Correspondent" OMAHAN NAMED HEAD OF STATE FAIRF0R 1920 Annual , Meeting Held at Lincoln to Prepare for , Show September . 5 to 10. Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 21. (Special.) The State -Board of Agriculture fixed September 5 to 10, inclusive, as the dates for the 1920 Nebraska state fair, at the annual meeting and election of officers Wednesday morning at the Lindell hotel. J. F. McArdle of Omaha was elected president and Charles GrafT of Ban croft was named vice president for the coining year. Other officers elected are: George Jackson of Nel son, second vice president: Jacob Sass, Chalco, treasurer; E. D. Dan ielson, Lincoln, secretary. The dates for the annual state fair wete decided upon at a recent meet ing of the American Association of Fairs and Expositions at Chicago. Plans for features for the" 1920 Ne braskr fair were discussed at the afternoon meeting. , Secretary Danielson said the de struction of the cattle bam by fire two months ago would not interfere with the fair this year. He did not know whether a new building would be erected in its place. The following were maned on the board of managers of the board: S. C.'Caley, Creighton; E. R. Purccll, Broken Bow; ZT. Leftwich, St. Paul, and T. If. Wake. Seward. Those elected to the state board for the coming year are: W. T. Parle sdn, Pawnee; V. Arnold, ' Richard son; C. W. Pugsley, Lincoln, and W. B. Banning, Cass. Other mem bers of the' board are: C. E. Hall, Douglas; Jacob Sass, Sarpy; Jo seph Roberts, Dodge; R. M. Wol cott, Merrick; William James, Sa line; Perry Reed, Hamilton; T. B. Keedle, Kearney; H. J. "McLaugh lin, Hall; E. R. Purcell, Custer; O. G. Smith, Buffalo, and J. C. Cox, Keith. $150,000 Fire at Bismarck. Bismarck, N. D.,'Jan. 21. Fire de stroyed the building, plant and equipment of the Bismarck Tribune. Headquarters of the Economy league and publishers of the "Red Flame," an anti-socialist organ, also were burned out. The loss is esti mated at more than $150,000. FOUR PROPOSALS ARE POSTPONED , BY CONVENTION Short Session of Constitutional Body Results in Eliminating Undesirable Plans. Lincoln, Jan. 21. (Special.) Elimination of undesirable timber by the constitutional convention wa's continued Wednesday morning in a short session in which propositions 8, 36, 38 and 58 were indefinitely postponed. . , ' Proposal 8 was one introduced by Flansburg of Lancaster in which it eliminated all dead matter in the constitution relative to the salt springs near Lincoln. Proposal 38, by Hare of Hamil ton, related to cutting out obsolete matter in legislative reapportionment of the state. . Proposal 36, by Hare, would strike out section 2 of the bill of rights relative to slavery. Proposal 58, by Olson, would amend bill of rights by providing in section 7 that no search and seizure warrant shall be issued except for probable cause that a felony has been committed. Delegate Selleck announced to the convention that Governor Lowden of Illinois would be unable to be, pres ent and speak to the convention, as his dates after leaving Omaha would not permit of his accepting the invitation. SHORTER HOURS AND HIGHER PAY HIT BY FARMERS 0 Corn Improvers Pass Reso lutions on Plan to Pre vent Reckless Buying Of Luxuries. Attorney for Cole Refuses Service to Appear at Hearing Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 21. (Special.? John M. Priest, attorney for Al son B. Cole, who, with Allen V. Grammer, is under sentence of elec trocution for the f murder of Mrs. Lulu Vogt in Howard county in 1917, late last night refused service from the attorney general's office ol a copy of a motion for a hearing in United Suites circuit court for his client January 27. - . The circuit court has consented to hear a 'iiotion to dismiss Colt's ap peal, filed by the attorney general'? office, next Tuesday. Last Friday Governor McKelvie reprieve? Cole and Grammer for thi fourth time, setting January 30 as the fifth date set fee electrocution cf these two men s;nce their convictiiii. Swift & Company's 1919 Earnings How They Affected You During the twelvemonths ended November 1, 1919, (its fiscal year), Swift & Company transacted its large volume of business on the smallest margin of profit in its history. Sales over $l,20O,CO0,0O0.00 Net earnings $13,870,181.34 r Our shipments were in excess of 5,500,000,000 lbs. This means that our earnings were less than 1V cents on each dollar of sales, or a quarter of a cent on each pound shipped. Consumer The average consumer eats about lb. of meat per day 180 lbs. per year. If he purchased only Swift & Company products he would have contributed only 45 cents (180 lbs. cent a pound) a year profit to Swift & Company for its investment and service, less than one cent per week. Our earnings were so small as to have prac tically no effect on the family meat bill Live Stock Raiser ? Swift & Company handled in' 1919 over 16,000,000 head of live stock. You can figure for yourself that our earnings of llA cents on each dollar of sales are too small to affect the price you received for your stock. We paid all it was humanly possible to pay considering what the meat and by-products could be sold for. Swift & Company,. U. S. A. Omaha Local Branch, 13th and Leavenworth Streets F. J. Souders, Manager Lincoln. Neb., Jan. 21. (Spe cial.) Reckless buying was lam basted at the meeting of the Ne braska Corn Iitiprovers' association Wednesday morning in connection with Organized Agriculture. The as sociation placed its disapproval on silk shirts for men and silk hose for women. Mrs. Charles G. Ryan of Grand Island, head of the Ne braska economy committee, spoke to the corn improvers on the cam paign to curb the nonessentials. She stated -that it has been said that people' are buying like drunken sailors and that the students of the situation believed that something must be dolie to check the grav situation or the greatest slump in h history mav result. t following Mrs. Ryan s talk, H C. Fillev offereti a'resolution that the corn improvers confine thei bu'ving to actual necessities, that they place their stamp of approval on the campaign to check buying and that they: disapprove of further efforts for shorter hours and highe wages. . 1 he resolution was unani mously adopted. fc.. L. Morns, federal supervisor, spoke on Grading Grain Unde Federal Grain Standards." T. II Gooding of the college of agriculture gave an alfalfa hay demonstration before the corn improvers. Jerry Howard Plans To Draft Mayor Smith For Governor's Chair Lincoln. Jan. -21. (Special.) Mayor Smith of Omaha will he candidate for the democratic lionn nation for governor whether he wills it so or not, for he will be drafted in order that the democratic party may be assured of a candidate who will stand for the right sort of thing. I his is the edict of Jerry Howard delegate to the constitutional con vention from Douglas county, who visited the office of Secretary of State ) Amberry Wednesday and called for filing blanks. He was much disappointed to discover that the fee must first be paid in Douglas county before the filing could be made. "We need a man for the iob." said Jerry. "We are getting tired of having Arthur Mullen come down from the cold regions of Canada and run the democratic party, while Langnorst, wno came irom some hemisphere even farther north than that,- thinks he ought to represent- the party. We know who we want to run for governor without having self-constituted boss try to tell us what we shall do." So far no filings have been made for nomination for any office on th democratic ticket. Fair Managers Meet and Oppose "Ringer" Ruling Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 21. (Special.) Seventy county fair associations were represented at the annual meet ing and banquet of the Nebraska As soeiation of Fair Managers, Which was held at the Lincoln Commercial club. More than 100 were present. J. he association passed a-resolu tion opposing the adoption of a rule by the National Trotting association which would permit horses with low records to enter in classes at county lairs to which they do not belong. This resolution was passed in the interest of trotting horse breeders, whose business would be injured if ringers were given official sane tion. President Jackson and Judge Ford or Broken bow were among the speakers at the meeting. Greenwood Youth Killed When Train Strikes Auto Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 21. (Special.) John Stewart, 21 years old, was instantly killed and Everett Cole man, 17 years old, escaped, with slight injuries when Burlington train No. lJ, eastbound, struck the auto mobile in which' the boys were rid ing at the railroad crossing iust south of the depot in Greenwood. The automobile was wrecked and the occunants hurled a distance of 25 feet alongside the track. Stewart's head was badly crushed. Coleman was tossed out of the auto and this is believed to have saved him from more serious injury. .Both boys Iivd at Greenwood. Burglars' Loot Lincoln, Store Near Police Station Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 21. r-(Special.) Burglars made a big haul in jewelry and clothing at the store of Ben Ros enberg, 215 North Ninth street, two blocks from central police station, early Wednesday morning. Entrance was gained by cutting through the glass of the front door. Lleven watches, three revolvers. six rings, six chains, six pairs -of shoes, two suit cases and one cigaret case were missing from the store. Bureau of Marketing Head Resigns From State Office Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 21. (Special.) George W, Williams, who has been with the department of agricul ture at .the head of the bureau of marketing, has resigned. In his let ter hesays that a "man of moderate means cannot afford to jeopardize his own personal interests and that of his family even for the high calling of serving the state," and asks that he be relieved from the office. Plans Nfr Changes. Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 21. (Spe cial.) The new state superinten dent, John M. Matzen, who is now in charge of affairs in that office, announces he will make no changes in the department, at least for the pmeaU," ' , Silver Creek Man Killed Iri Runaway Accident Silver Creek. Neb., Jan. 21. (Spe cial.) C. P. Matheny, a farmer re siding six miles west of Silver Creek, was killed in a runaway ac cident here. As he drave away from the mill the wagon tongue slipped from the neckyoke and fright ened the team. After dragging on the ground about 100 yards the tongue stuck into - the ground and bfoke upsetting the wagon and throwing Mr,. Matheny out, break ing his reck.' He was taken to his home and died about 15 minutes lat er. He was about 60 years old and came to Silver Creek four years ago from Ayr, Neb., where he had been -in the mercantile business. He was a resident of Hastings for about 30 years where he followed his trade as a mason. Governor McKelvie Will Speak at Seattle Meeting Lincoln. Neb., Jan. 21. (Spe-. cial.) Governor McKelvie has ac cepted an . invitation to deliver an address at the annual meeting of the Young Men's Republican club of Seattle at its banquet to be held on Lincoln's birthday, February 12. The 'invitation came from George C. Wheeler, president of the club. Wild Fowls Will Feature j Trado Marks Bill Passed,. Washington, Jan. 21. A bill gl- Geneva Poultry Exhibit Geneva, Neb., Jan. 21. (Special.) The Gillmore county Co-operative Poultry association will give its an ual exhibition in Geneva, January 27 to 30. Besides the domestic fbwls there will be shown wild ducks and geese from the farm of Sumner Barnell, who has at his farm near Suttqn, a collection of fowls and animals not usually found in Ne braska barnyards. An insubator of eggs due to hatch during the ex hibition and the chicks will be ,-uictioncd off the closing day of the show. ing effect to the convention between the United States Cuba and Centrai and South America republics lof protection of trade marks was passed by the house and sent to the senate. .'I r2 I just can't hardly wait to find out the answer to the gppleacf Thursday, Jan. 22 For a Quick Clearance' . 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